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Consolidated Cocke County social services A group of Cocke County social service agencies gathered Wednesday to talk about plans for a centralized structure which will house all the groups. Jeannie Birdwell, who is the spokesperson for Newport/Cocke County Senior Center/Senior Social Services, said plans call for an 11,900 square-foot building to be situated on three plus acres that Cocke County has donated on Cope Boulevard. "It's a combination of Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority, Head Start, Central Charities(Breadbasket), SCHAS(senior homecare assistance)and ETHRA," Birdwell said. The facility will include a loading dock for Breadbasket as well as a commercial kitchen for preparation of meals for seniors as well as for the Headstart students." Birdwell has applied for grants, and some of the needed money will have to be borrowed locally. Then each organization housed in the facility will pay rent toward the cost. There is no timeframe for a groundbreaking, pending financing. According to Birdwell the cost of the structure is expected to be in the $1.5 to $1.8 million range depending on the amount of excavation that will be required. "We have hired an architect, and we want to move ahead with the project as quickly as possible. But that will depend on Cocke Countians buying into this project because it is for the entire county. Hopefully people will understand that this is a project that will be worth sacrificing for."
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